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Leave to appeal

Meaning in law, with examples

nounAdvanced term

In law, leave to appeal means: Permission from a court that, in many common law systems, a party must obtain before it can bring an appeal.

In Turkish: kanun yoluna başvuru izni, istinaf izni, temyiz izni

How it is used

A party 'seeks' leave to appeal from the trial court or the appeal court, and leave is 'granted' or 'refused'. In English civil cases the modern term is 'permission to appeal', but 'leave' is still used in criminal appeals and in many other countries. Top courts often give leave only in cases of general public importance.

Example sentences

  1. The company has been refused leave to appeal to the Supreme Court.

  2. If we lose, we will ask the judge for leave to appeal straight away.

Common collocations

  • seek leave to appeal
  • grant leave to appeal
  • refuse leave to appeal
  • application for leave to appeal
  • appealTo ask a higher court to review and change the decision of a lower court; also used as a noun for this request.
  • grounds of appealThe specific legal or factual reasons an appellant gives for saying that a lower court's decision was wrong.
  • appellantThe party who appeals against a court or tribunal decision, asking a higher court to change or cancel it.
  • supreme courtThe highest court in a country or state, whose decisions on legal questions usually bind lower courts and cannot be appealed any further.
  • court of appealA court that reviews the decisions of lower courts when a party says the judge made a mistake, and can confirm, change or cancel those decisions.

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